Northwoods, WI
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The biggest facilities represent the biggest risk to water quality, and they should be held responsible for managing their harmful waste.
9/25/23
Air quality monitoring data highlights communities that are overlooked by current PM2.5 standards, ELPC calls on EPA to improve air protections.
9/19/23
President Biden declared September National Wilderness Month, so here’s a few of our local favorites and new opportunities!
9/18/23
For the Environmental Law and Policy Center, the goal has always been “win-win-win”
9/11/23
Check out this opinion editorial in the Chicago Tribune on climate change solutions
8/30/23
Members of a 400-group coalition call on the Senator during her Upper Peninsula tour to introduce legislation designating four areas as federal Wilderness.
8/30/23
It’s a healthier back to school season for many Midwest kids, as new electric school buses hit the road. ELPC’s years of environmental advocacy are paying off and providing cleaner transportation.
8/24/23
EPA needs to recognize, through real policy changes, that CAFOs are engaging in waste disposal, not crop fertilization.
8/22/23
How a “people powered” settlement with Detroit's DTE Energy sets a new standard for utilities.
8/16/23
Securing a healthy future for children requires clean air & transportation. Here’s how electric bus pioneer Lion Electric is helping make that happen in the Midwest.
8/10/23
The health of Lake Erie and our safe drinking water depends on a better plan. The EPA needs to hear from you that the people of Ohio want better.
8/10/23
Amtrak's long-distance passenger rail network provides millions of Americans with transportation options other than a personal vehicle. For the first time in 50 years, we can seriously consider an expansion.
8/8/23
Mature and old-growth forests – including those in the Midwest’s Northwoods – play a crucial role in reducing the impacts of climate change by capturing and storing carbon emissions. These trees are essential to a safe and sustainable future, but they need our help now more than ever.
7/21/23
State agency plans to adopt no new control measures to reduce ozone concentration levels in an area plagued by unhealthy air quality. Locals demand Indiana do more to protect public health.
7/10/23
The Public Utilities Commission’s decisions in the Xcel Energy rate case have a real-world impact, but there’s more work to do.
6/29/23
Stronger Federal Standards Can Reduce Shoreline Toxins & Protect Communities
6/28/23
Stronger Standards Mean Healthier Communities and a More Resilient Midwest
6/21/23
A federal court in Texas could make it harder for Americans across the country to enforce environmental laws. Here’s what that means for the Midwest.
6/21/23
Dr. Drew Gronewold, Associate Professor for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan returns to ELPC Thinks to update us on the current state of Great Lakes water levels.
6/20/23
To celebrate ELPC's 30th Anniversary, 450 of our closest friends joined us for an evening to remember in the Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier.
6/12/23
ELPC has recently been honored with proclamations by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago celebrating ELPC's 30 years of impact.
6/7/23
ELPC’s legal and policy advocates have been working hard across the Midwest this season to advance environmental solutions and protect natural resources and public health.
6/1/23